Creative Quotations from . . .
Max Beerbohm
(1872-1956) born on
Aug 24
English "essayist, caricaturist, parodist". "The Incomparable Max wrote many elegant essays; the novel "Zuleika Dobson" 1911, and a pictorial volume of caricatures."
 
   
F
Beauty and the lust for learning have yet to be allied.

R
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.
A
"When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul."
N
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
K
"The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an inch from your own."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""Zuleika Dobson," Ch. 7."
R: ""And Even Now," "Quia Imperfectum," 1920."
A: ""Hosts and Guests," 1920."
N: ""The Yellow Book," vol. 4, "1880," 1895."
K: ""Zuleika Dobson.""



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